Personal Code Informational Essay

1. Personal Code Informational Essay Demonstrate how literature Has helped you to develop your own personal code

2. You are writing about literature • World State • Hamlet • Oedipus Rex • Amir and Hassan • Anansi • Sacred Texts • Rama • Beowulf • King Arthur • Sir Gawain Do the personal codes depicted in literature relate to your own life?

3. Thesis Writing: Step One What's your main opinion on this topic? Literature influences the expectations for behavior and conduct within society.

4. Thesis Writing: Step Two What's the first argument supporting your opinion? Connect one of your codes to a character: Rama perseveres to the end of his quest, no matter what the obstacle is.

5. Thesis Writing: Step Three What's a second argument that supports your opinion? Connect one of your codes to a character: Anansi shows us that despite our flaws we can learn from our mistakes.

6. Thesis Writing: Step Four What's a third argument that supports your opinion? Connect one of your codes to a character: “Rig Veda” reminds us to be humble, we have much to learn about ourselves and the world around us.

7. Thesis Writing: Step Five What's the main argument against your opinion? Connect one of your codes to a character who does not follow your code: Characters in Brave New World are not true to themselves, and fulfill an identity that has been mass produced to conform to society.

8. Thesis Writing: Step Six Put it all together to make a thesis statement… • 3-Argument • 2-Argument • 1-Argument • Example/Non-Example

9. The 3-Argument Thesis Statement Literature promotes sophisticated social behavior because it 1teaches us to attain our goals2 ,learn from our mistakes, and 3 remain humble in our pursuits.

10. 2-Argument Thesis Literature promotes sophisticated social behavior because it 1teaches us to attain our goalsand 2 remain humble in our pursuits. • Two body paragraphs will illustrate first two arguments. • The third paragraph could possibly show how a character failed adhere to a social code, since he failed at one or both of the arguments posted.

11. 1-Argument Thesis Literature warns us against the dangers of hubris, showing the dangers of not remaining humble in our pursuits. • All body paragraphs will illustrate the argument.

12. Example and Non-Example Thesis Statement Literature reminds us of the improtance of 1keeping one’s word and 2 illustrates the consequences of failing to do so. • Body paragraphs will address how the character keeps his word or faced the consequences of not keeping his word.

13. How NOT to Write a Thesis • Readers learn a lot from “Beowulf,” Sir “Gawain and the Green Knight,” and “Le Morte D’Arthur.” • Literature promotes better behavior which is demonstrated by the characters Amir, Hamlet, and Rama. • Sometimes behavior is improved, and sometimes it’s not. Story titles and character names are not arguments!

14. Introductions: The Inverted Pyramid Style • The point of the pyramid represents the last sentence in your intro. the thesis statement.

15. Works Cited Help! • [Author’s last name, first name]. [“Title of Story”]. Glenco Literature the Reader’s Choice. Edited by Beverly Ann Chin, et all. [Translated by]. New York: Glenco McGraw Hill, 2002. [Pages]. Reprinted in World Literature. Print. •  [Author’s last name, first name]. [“Title of Story”]. The Language of Literature. Edited by Arthur N. Applebee, et all. [Translated by]. Evanston: McDougal Littell, 2002. [Pages]. Reprinted in British Literature. Print. •  Biography - King Arthur: His Life and Legends. 1998. A&E Home Video, 2005. DVD.